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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: f

Be it known that we, SAMUEL DARLING and JOHN E. HALL, both of Bangor, inthe State of Maine, have invented certain Improvements in Inlistands andwe do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with thedrawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is adescription of our invention suiicient to enable those skilled in theart to practise it. i l

The object of our invention is so to construct an inkstand and apen-rack, as that when the person has done writing, the mere act oflaying down the pen shall of itself cover the mouth of the stand, andkeep it covered until the pen is again taken up, the removal of the pencausing,l the mouth to be again uncovered.

It consists in the employment, in connection with an inkstand, of apivoted pen-racln'to which a cover is attached, the rack being sobalanced, or weighted, or otherwise, that the weight of the pen or aslight touch of the rack will close the mouth of the inkstand.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 represents a. top view, and

Figure 2 a side view of an inkstandfembodying our invention.

A is` the inkstand, whicln maybe of anfgdesired form. B is a buseor'platorm, which it is found desirable to construct so that it shallsustain upon it hath the stand and-a pen-rack support, C.' l

It is preferable that the inkstand shall merely-rest on the base by itsown weight, so as to be easily removed,

A if desired, but it may be secured thereto. When not secured, it isbetter that it should rest in a shallow socket,

in the base, or within a band or ring thereon. In'g. 1, the pen-rack isshown as pivoted to the base at the points D E, and then rising andhaving two arms F Gr, at suilicient distance apart-to allow a pen, P, tolie thereon in a horizontal plane. These arms are bent, as shown, so asto pass over to the opposite sideof the. inkstand, and then curvedownward, so as not to incommode the writer` when the inkstand is inuse; a.' slightr curvature upwards at their outer free ends, or-anyequivalent provision, serving to receive and sustain the pen whendeposited there. p

A cap orv cover, H, for the mouth ofthe inkstand, and which may be madeof any suitable form adapted to the style of mouth of the inkstand used,is shown in the drawings as asimple disk, slightly dished,'with itsconcave side downwards. This cap is secured to an arm, I, projectingfrom the pen-rack, and in such position relatively to the month ofthe-in kstand, that when the weight of the pen is on the rack, and bearsit down, the cap will closely cover the mouth, and when the penis-removed, the cover will rise and recede from the month, by reason ofa sufficient counterbalancingweight previously determined, and given tothe rack at its rear. The rack should be centred on its axis or pivots,so that in its normal position, the heavier but shorter arm ofthe leverwill always carry the cover away from the mouth.

1. We claim a swinging pen-rack, so combined with the cover of aninkstand, that the movement ofthe rack will operate the cover. v

2. We alsoclaim the combination, with an inkstand and its'cover, of apen-rack, or its equivalent, in such manner that the mere weight of thepen-holder, when laid down by the writer, shall cause theink to becovered,

and that the ink shall be uncovered when the pen is taken up.

' l SAMUEL DARLING,

JOHN E. HALL.

Witnesses ISAAC S. WHITMAN, STEPHEN Penny.

